7124SX Switch Data Sheet Product Highlights Overview Performance 24 10GbE ports in 1RU 960 gigabits per second 720 million packets per second Wirespeed L2 and L3 forwarding Ultra-Low Latency 500 nanosecond latency Same latency for L2 and L3 Low latency at 1GE and 10GE Low jitter for unicast and multicast Dynamic buffer allocation The Arista 7124SX switch is a high performance, ultra-low latency layer 2/3/4 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch. Offered with ports in a compact 1RU chassis with redundant power and cooling, the Arista 7124SX switch features reversible airflow when mounted in either direction for flexible data center deployments. All ports accommodate the full range of 10GbE SFP+ and GbE SFP options, allowing for maximum flexibility and investment protection as customers of all sizes migrate their server connections from Gigabit to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. With Arista EOS, advanced monitoring and provisioning capabilities such as Latency Analyzer, Zero Touch Provisioning, VMTracer and Linux based tools allow for automation and detailed visibility into the network. Data Center Optimized Design 1+1 redundant & hot-swappable power N+1 redundant & hot-swappable fans Front-to-rear or rear-to-front cooling Typical power consumption 5W/port Resilient Control Plane Dual-core x86 CPU 4GB DRAM 2GB Flash User applications can run in a VM Built-in Storage Solid State Drive option Store logs and data captures Network boot nodes from the switch Linux tools with no limitations Advanced Provisioning & Monitoring Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Latency Analyzer (Lanz) VMTracer sflow Arista Extensible Operating System Single binary image for all products Truly modular network OS Access to Linux tools Extensible platform Arista EOS Arista 7124SX: 24-port 10GbE 480Gbps switch Ultra-low, Consistent Latency The 7124SX offers one of the lowest forwarding latency in the industry at 500 nanoseconds for both unicast and multicast traffic. The latency characteristics do not change with varying packet size, enabling L3, ACL or mirroring functionality. All Arista products including the 7124SX switch run Arista EOS software. The same binary image supports all Arista products, making it easy for network administrators to standardize the operating system across all switches in the data center. Arista EOS is a modular switch operating system with a unique state sharing architecture that cleanly separates switch state from protocol processing and application logic. Built on top of a standard Linux kernel, all EOS processes run in their own protected memory space and exchange state through an in-memory database. This multi-process state sharing architecture provides the foundation for in-service-software updates and self-healing resiliency. Several Linux based tools can be run directly on the switch, running on a powerful dual-core x86 CPU subsystem. Built-in Storage A built-in SSD is is available as an option. With 50GB of storage space on the switch itself, a whole new family of applications can now be run from the network itself. This includes having the switch be a PXE boot server, store syslogs for audit and compliance right on the switch, logging latency trends per queue, capturing and saving data packets via tcpdump and several Linux based daemons such as dhcpd and ptpd.
7124SX Technical Specifications High Availability The Arista 7124SX switch was designed for high availability from both a software and hardware perspective. Key high availability features include: 1+1 hot-swappable power supplies Four N+1 hot-swappable fans Live patching Self healing software with Stateful Fault Repair (SFR) Up to 16 10GbE ports per link aggregation group (LAG) Multi-chassis LAG for active/active L2 multipathing 16-way ECMP routing for load balancing and redundancy Arista 7124SX: Rear View Deterministic, Ultra-Low Latency The Arista 7124SX forwards packets in cut-through mode and offers the same low latency characteristics at all packet sizes. The forwarding latency does not change even when additional features such as L3, ACL, QoS, Multicast or Port Mirroring are enabled. The 7124SX also forwards packets in cut-through mode at 1GbE speeds at low latency for legacy connections. 0123-45)6",&#'7)87)*"'+&,)-./&) $)))# '))# &))# /))#!"#$%&'$#(%)!))# ())# "))#.))# %))# $))# )#!"# $%&# $'%# %(!# ($%# $)%"# $%&)# $($&# '%$!# *+,-# ())# (%)# ())# (%)# "&)# ())# "&)# ())# (%)# *"'+&,)-./&) Arista 7124SX: Latency using RFC 2544 tests Dynamic Buffer Allocation The Arista 7124SX forwards packets at an ultra low latency of 500 nanoseconds from any port to any other port. However when there is a microburst of traffic from different sources, all destined to the same port, the packets are buffered in packet memory. Unlike other architectures that have fixed per-port packet memory, the 7124SX uses Dynamic Buffer Allocation (DBA) to allocate packet memory to ports that need it. Under congestion, a port can buffer up to 1.7MB of data in its transmit queue. The 7124SX is hence well suited for low latency applications such as financial trading, MPI jobs, storage interconnect, virtualized environment and other 10GbE data center deployments.
7124SX Features Layer 2 Features 16K L2 Forwarding Entries 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Rapid Per VLAN Spanning Tree (RPVST+) 802.3ad Link Aggregation/LACP 16 ports/channel 256 groups per system Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG) Uses IEEE 802.3ad LACP 32 ports per MLAG 802.1Q VLANs/Trunking 4094 VLANs Q-in-Q 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol Port Mirroring 802.3x Flow Control Jumbo Frames (9216 Bytes) IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping Storm Control Layer 3 Features 16K IPv4 Routes 4K IPv6 Routes* Static Routes OSPF BGP 16-way Equal Cost Multipath Routing (ECMP) Route Maps PIM-SM Anycast RP (RFC 4610) VRRP Virtual ARP (VARP) Monitoring and Provisioning Latency Analyzer (Lanz) Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Restore from USB Blue Beacon LED for system identification VM Tracer Feature Set VMware vsphere support VM Auto Discovery VM Adaptive Segmentation VM Host View Security Features ACLs using L2, L3, L4 fields Control Plane Protection (CPP) MAC Security TACACS+ Radius * Supported in a future software release Quality of Service (QoS) Features Up to 8 queues per port Strict priority queueing 802.1p based classification Per-Priority Flow Control (PFC) Data Center Bridging Extensions (DCBX) DSCP based classification and remarking* Policers* Rate limiting* Network Management 100/1000 Management Port RS-232 Serial Console Port USB Port SNMP v2, v3 Management over IPv6 Telnet and SSHv2 Syslog AAA Industry Standard CLI Standards Compliance 802.1D Bridging and Spanning Tree 802.1p QOS/COS 802.1Q VLAN Tagging 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP 802.3ab 1000BASE-T 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet SNMP MIBs ARISTA-SMI-MIB ARISTA-PRODUCTS-MIB RFC 3635 EtherLike-MIB RFC 3418 SNMPv2-MIB RFC 2863 IF-MIB RFC 2864 IF-INVERTED-STACK-MIB RFC 2096 IP-FORWARD-MIB RFC 4363 Q-BRIDGE-MIB RFC 4188 BRIDGE-MIB RFC 2013 UDP-MIB RFC 2012 TCP-MIB RFC 2011 IP-MIB RFC 2790 HOST-RESOURCES-MIB LLDP-MIB LLDP-EXT-DOT1-MIB LLDP-EXT-DOT3-MIB ENTITY-MIB ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB ENTITY-STATE-MIB
7124SX Physical and Environmental Characteristics Physical Characteristics Size (WxHxD) 19 x 1.75 x 17 (44.5 x 4.4 x 43.18 cm) Port count 24 Interface Type SFP/SFP+ Weight 17 lbs (7.71 kg) Throughput 480 Gigabits per second Packets/Second 360 Million packets per second Environmental Characteristics Operating Temperature Storage Temperature 0 to 40C -40C to 70C Relative Humidity 5 to 95% Latency CPU System Memory Flash Storage Memory 500 nanoseconds Dual-Core x86 4 Gigabytes 2 Gigabytes Operating Altitude 0 to 10,000 ft SSD Storage (optional item) 100/1000 Management Ports 1 50 Gigabytes RS-232 Serial Console Ports 1 (RJ-45) Power Specifications Max Output Power 460W USB Ports 1 Hot-swappable Power Supplies 2 (1+1 redundant) Input Voltage Input Current (Max) 4-8A Input Frequency 100-240AC 50-60Hz Input Connector IEC 320-C13 Hot-swappable Fans Reversible Airflow Option Typical Power Draw Maximum Power Draw 4 (N+1 redundant) Yes 120W 210W Standards Compliance Supported SFP Optics and Cables EMI Safety Other FCC Part 15 Class A ICES-003 Class A VCCI Class A IEC/UL/CSA/EN 60950 CE, UL, TUV Mark ROHS-5 Compliant Interface Type Media Max Distance 10GBASE-CR Twinax Copper 7m 10GBASE-SRL 50 micron MMF 100m 10GBASE-SR 50 micron MMF 300m 10GBASE-LRM 62.5 micron MMF 220m 10GBASE-LR 9 micron SMF 10km 10GBASE-ER 9 micron SMF 40km 10G-DWDM 9 micron SMF 40km 1000BASE-SX 50 micron MMF 550m 1000BASE-LX 9 micron SMF 10km 100/1000BASE-T Category 5 Copper 100m
7124SX Ordering Information Product Number DCS-7124SX-F DCS-7124SX-R FAN-7000-F FAN-7000-R PWR-460AC-F PWR-460AC-R LIC-7124-E LIC-7124-V LIC-7124-Z Product Description Arista 7124SX, 24-port L2/L3 switch, front-to-rear airflow with 4 fans and 2 AC 460W power supplies Arista 7124SX, 24-port L2/L3 switch, rear-to-front airflow with 4 fans and 2 AC 460W power supplies Fan for Arista 7124SX, front-to-rear airflow Fan for Arista 7124SX, rear-to-front airflow AC Power supply for Arista 7124SX, 460W, front-to-rear airflow AC Power supply for Arista 7124SX, 460W, rear-to-front airflow Enhanced software license for Arista 7124SX switches (OSPF, BGP, PIM) Virtualization feature set software license for Arista 7124SX switches (VMTracer) Network monitoring and provisioning feature set license for Arista 7124SX (ZTP, Lanz) Warranty The Arista 7124SX switch comes with a one-year limited hardware warranty, which covers parts, repair, or replacement with a 10 business day turn-around after the unit is received. Service and Support Support services including next business day and 4-hour advance hardware replacement are available. Headquarters 5470 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, California 95054 408-547-5500 Support support@aristanetworks.com 408-547-5502 866 476-0000 Sales sales@aristanetworks.com 408-547-5501 866 497-0000 Copyright 2011 Arista Networks, Inc. All RIghts Reserved. Arista Networks and EOS are registered trademarks, and Arista Networks, the Arista logo, and EOS are trademarks of Arista Networks, Inc. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Certain features may not yet be generally available. www.aristanetworks.com